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how do you create an exe file

Nov 16th, 2006 04:24
Maro M, Kevin Horvath,

Usually an exe files is created using a linker such as Microsoft Linker 
that comes with Visual Studio. A linker creates an exe files having some 
.obj files. These obj files are created using a compiler (such as the 
Microsoft Compiler). A compiler has as input the source code of a 
program. To compile a C++ program, one needs a C++ compiter (a compiler 
that understands the C++ syntax).
So to recap, when you compile your program you generate an obj file 
which is sent ot a linker and an exe file is produced. This is usually 
done automatically in your IDE.